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Lights! Camera! Learning! - American Classics
American Classics Peck's Atticus Finch in court To Kill a Mockingbird Though Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his subtle portrayal of Atticus Finch, the Southern lawyer who defends a black man…2015 Academy Awards
The 2015 Academy Awards will be presented on Feb. 28, 2016, at the Kodak Theatre. All of the nominees are listed below. Best Picture The Big Short Bridge of…Salaries of the President, Vice President, and Other U.S. Officials
Year President's Salary1 1789 $25,000 1873 $50,000 1909 $75,000 1949 $100,000 1969 $200,000 2001 $400,000 Why Does the President Have a Salary? On top of their pay…Bill Clinton: Whitewater, Paula Jones, and Monica Lewinsky
by Ann-Marie Imbornoni and Tasha Vincent Clinton became the 42nd U.S. president following a turbulent political campaign that included vigorous personal attacks on his character. The…January 2001 News and Events
WorldIsraelis Rally in Jerusalem (Jan. 8): Religious and nationalist groups gather to “pledge allegiance” to the Holy City and protest an American plan for its division.Iran Sentences…Holiday Movie Preview, 2000 - Part 2
How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Bounce, and Quills by Beth Rowen Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Opens December 8 Ang Lee's latest film landed awards and raves at the Telluride and…Brewer's: Diamond
A corruption of adamant. So called because the diamond, which cuts other substances, can be cut or polished with no substance but itself. (Greek, a damao, what cannot be subdued. Latin,…Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass: Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq.
Letter from Wendell Phillips, Esq. Boston, April 22, 1845. My Dear Friend: You remember the old fable of "The Man and the Lion," where the lion complained that he should not be so misrepresented "…Selected Essays in Black History<cite>by Quincy Ewing</cite>
Baxter's Procrustes Negro Suffrage in a Democracy The Heart of the Race Problem by Quincy Ewing "And, instead of going to the Congress of the United States and saying there is no…The Koran/Sura XVI — The Bee
Sura XVI — The BeeMecca — 128 Verses In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful THE doom of God cometh to pass. Then hasten it not. Glory be to Him! High let Him be exalted above…